Ron’s Thoughts …

Mugabe has bankrupted Zimbabwe.

Yet, in the hope of being given a free farm, the majority of blacks keep on voting for him, (unless of course the elections are so heavily rigged that we will never know who the majority actually voted for.)

Jacob Zuma was recently nominated as the president of the ANC political party, (who are also the South African ruling party.)

Never mind that he will soon appear in court on charges of corruption.

He recently made a special trip to Mauritius to personally appear in court to try to suppress certain documentary evidence regarding the multi-billion rand arms deal.

1. If he has nothing to hide, then why does he want to suppress evidence ?

2. Why has South Africa, under an ANC government, wasted so many billions on submarines and fighter planes when they should rather have built electrical power stations and reservoirs ?

The “Legacy of Apartheid” cry is wearing a bit thin. The ruling party are busy feathering their own nests and don’t give a damn about their own people.

As in Zimbabwe, the majority of blacks in South Africa are voting for Jacob Zuma because they believe that he will give them free houses and free farms, (all at the expense of the white man of course.)

I must conclude that the majority of blacks have no sense of morality. Only “POWER” matters.

“All by myself”  that is the song that Celine Dion is singing right now.

Beautiful music, beautiful artist, I get quite misty.

It is now 2210 hrs.  Celene is singing in the distance. My dog and I have stood out on the “stoep.”

We have listened and, yes, she is a “diva”

At this precise moment, 2025 hrs. on the 23/2/2008, Celine Dion is causing great disruptions in my part of the world.

They are preparing to perform an open air show at “Vergelegen” (an historical farm), and many thousands of people are flocking to the arena.

I live quite close to the venue and, without actually attending the show, I can hear all the goings-on.

It is a bit of a circus.

 Local residents cannot get to their houses.

Dogs are barking because of the intruders.

I can hear music thumping out at high decibels.

All very exciting.

In a moment of boredom, a few minutes ago, I clicked onto the fashion parade on DSTV. (that runs for 24-hours per day)

The models were not sexy, they looked anaemic and, worse still, they looked as if they were in pain. 

Please, bring back the days of Marilyn Monroe, “wow,” those were sexy females who had boobs that overflowed.

And, especially, they looked happy when they flirted.

The modern generation doesn’t seem to appreciate that most of the fun is in the expectation, not in the brazen exposure.   

50-years ago, when I was a young lad, men were expected to wear a jacket and tie to all formal events, even to the cinema.

It did not matter how hot the weather was or how smoky the cinema was.

At the same time, women became more and more undressed, witness the mini-skirts of the sixties.

Years went by and men’s dress became more relaxed, for example the now-famous “Madiba” floral shirt worn anywhere, anytime. Jackets and ties became history.

Meanwhile, the women became sexless.

They wore baggy pants and did everything within their power to prove that they were equal to men and did not need to expose their bodies to get attention.

The wheel seems to have again turned full circle.

Prominent male figures and politicians are looking smart in well-styled suits and ties while the females are again starting to “show a leg.”

Strange creatures we humans !!

Today I wrote a letter to our local newspapers, The Argus and The District Mail regarding this nonsense on the go at the present time about renewal of motor car drivers licences.

As before, I want to repeat what I said there because there is no guarantee that anyone is listening.

The facts are that “they” already have records of my licence, my Identity Number, my signature, my fingerprints, my age, my address, my phone number, etc.

All they should need now is a certificate from a professional optician to say that he has tested me and that that my eyes are still ok to drive a motor car.

I could post the certificate to them with a cheque for the renewal fee and they could post my new card back to me.

That would save countless hours of frustration and lost productivity. 

It takes nothing less than a full day and costs nothing less than R200 in fees to get a renewed licence (that must be repeated  every 5 years)

There is a short-cut by using one’s own optician to do the eye test but this is not advertised. Why !?

In South Africa, at the present time, large numbers of street names are in the process of being changed.

For example, Hans Strydom Ave. is to be changed to Albert Luthuli Ave.

Jan Smuts Drive will be changed to Dullah Omar Drive.

In other words, trash yesterdays politicians and install todays politicians.

Don’t these idiots realise that tomorrow they will also be yesterdays ”bad guys” and some other young guns will be the new heroes ?

I think that they are fully aware of this fact but don’t really care about the morality of it or how much it is costing the country, as long as they can continue living like fat-cats.

 Tomorrow can look after itself, (or themselves)

Street name-changing is nothing more than political brainwashing.

The costs thereof are irrelevant, as long as the political fatcats can continue to enjoy their privileges.

If anyone of them was truly genuine, he or she would say that we want to do away with political names and use only inspiring or neutral names like flowers, animals, indigenous flora and fauna, sporting games and characters, sea, sky, mountains, rivers, mothers, fathers, children, etc. The good things of life, not political rabble-rousing.

Today, in a burst of caring,(or frustration), I wrote two e-mail letters, one to our local newspaper, The Argus, and the other to our Minister Of Finance, Trevor Manuel.

I want to repeat what I said there because there is no guarantee that what I wrote will ever be aired.

My letter to the Argus referred to the latest government attempt to brainwash our children by introducing a “Pledge” to be recited by all school children every morning.

The “Pledge” starts with, “We the youth of South Africa, recognising the injustices of the past…….etc.

In other words, for ever after, whites must keep on apologising to blacks, never mind any good that the whites have brought to this country or the fact that South African blacks have been spared the anarchy of the remainder of Africa.

My letter was short and sweet, I simply said that the pledge was “Crap”

I will certainly tell my grandchildren to refuse to ape rubbish like that.

My second letter to the Minister of Finance was far more lengthy and technical.

It referred to our national electrical supply problems.

We are experiencing a shortage of power supplies but new power stations will take many years to build.

There is a short-term solution that will assist.

Domestic hot water cylinders consume a large chunk of the total energy needs.

This can be reduced by at least 80% by installing solar water heaters and putting blankets onto the hot water cylinders.

The government should subsidise the installation of these energy savers or, better still, install them free of charge.

In todays opening of parliament “State of the Nation” address, President Thabo Mbeki spoke for an hour but said nothing of consequence.

He apologised for our power-outages but never named anyone or any government body as being responsible. He also offered no solutions other than to say that WE must help.

In any first-world country heads would have rolled due to incompetence. ( Ten years ago the Eskom engineers warned that we were heading for power shortages but the politicians chose to spend money on submarines and fighter planes.)

Bear in mind that Eskom is a government body that has  screwed up and is now costing the country countless billions.

Mbeki admitted to the problem of AIDS but never named anyone,(including himself and his totally stupid health minister) as being responsible for the growing pandemic. He also offered no solutions.

He glossed over the future of the “Scorpions” but never admitted that his chief of police, Selebi, is being accused of Mafia-type activities and only a group like the “Scorpions” could have brought him to book.

He never once mentioned the name “Jacob Zuma” even though he knows that at the present time Zuma holds more power than him.

Zuma himself, when interviewed on TV, mealie-mouthed about what a good speech Mbeki had made.

What a bunch of hypocrites all of the ANC are.

Zuma wants power every bit as much as Mbeki does.

Problem is that, in accordance with our constitution, Mbeki must pull out. For him to hang on to the ANC Presidency would be a back-door way of becoming another Mugabe.

I think that Mayor Zille is correct, it is a case of bad or worse.

Please, is there anyone out there that can challenge the total incompetence of the ANC ?

I think there is. It is the DA led by Helen Zille.

Please guys, forget for a moment about Apartheid and all other race-related issues and think about who is best able to lead our country forward.

It will certainly not be money-grabbing ex-freedom fighters.

It hopefully will be intelligent people with foresight, white or black or any other colour, who love this country, (as I do ) and work towards it’s betterment.